5th Annual Evening of World Theatre & Dance presents
Abhinaya Dance Company
Featuring Artistic Director Mythili Kumar

The Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose was founded by its Artistic Director Mythili Kumar in 1980, to present innovative and professional performances of South Indian classical dance forms, primarily Bharatanatyam. Since 1986, Abhinaya has staged several full-length dance dramas choreographed by Kumar, such as Shiva–the Cosmic Dancer, The Splendor of the Infinite, Dancing Divinities, and Gandhi–The Mahatma, among others. In 1991, Abhinaya was awarded the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation for its presentation, The Guru. Abhinaya dancers have toured India as well as many U.S. cities, and the company has been awarded several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and from state and city agencies. Mythili Kumar was honored by World Arts West with the Malonga Casquelord Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2010 and received a “Sustained Achievement Award” by the Bay Area Isadora Duncan Award committee in 2011.